Dates to Remember

March 24 – Lincoln K-8 Carnival 10:00 to 1:00 PM

March 28 – Rock Town Tour for Uppers (50 Study Island Blue ribbons need to go)

April 12 – Parent Night “Music and Mystery Night”

April 20 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM

May 18 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM

May 18 – Color Dash

May 18 – All Pro Dads

HyVee Cash 4 Students March 1 to May 31

 
Collect HyVee Receipts from any Rochester HyVee and turn them into the Office  between NOW and May 31^st.    Lincoln will receive $1.00 for every $250.00 in receipts collected.

Lincoln School Carnival

Lincoln School Carnival – March 24 - 10:00 to 1:00 PM – WE need volunteers in order to make this event happen on March 24

We are looking for volunteers to donate books and cakes/cupcakes to Carnival for Book/Cake walk, please drop off donations on Friday, March 23rd or Saturday, March 24th before Carnival.

Volunteers needed for Carnival. Sign up genius link 

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A49ABA72AA4FE3-lincoln

Honey Bee Project

You have heard by now that Lincoln received an innovation grant from the Rochester Public Schools to explore having a bee hive on our property so that students can learn about pollinators, bees and honey production.  The hive we proposed is from Australia and different that the hives you usually see around here.  It is called a flow hive ( www.flowhive.com  With this hive we do not have to take it apart to get the honey, just turn a key and it flows out.  The following have been accomplished:

1.     A honey bee group has been formed at Lincoln with teachers attending classes on beekeeping and we have joined the Southeastern Minnesota Bee Keepers Association.

2.     We have two bee keepers that are providing information and guidance  - Chris Williams Lincoln parent and bee keeper and Andrew Pruett who is a bee keeper and runs the bees at Quarry Hill

3.     The hive has arrived and has been assembled.  It will be in the foyer for a couple of weeks until the bees arrive and then it will go outside

4.     There will be a temporary fence around the hive to keep PE equipment away from it.  Students will not be able to get close to the hive due to the snow fence and eventually a permanent fence.

5.     The hive will be located on the far southeast corner of the playground 10 feet from the fence bordering hwy 14 and 10 feet from the fence on the east side of the playground.

6.     For the month of April the bees will be fed in the hive because there are not many flowers out.  Once the flowers bloom the food source will be remove and the bees will travel about 5 miles from the hive to find flowers.

7.     Difference between bees and wasps and hornets

Bees are fuzzy pollen collectors that almost always die shortly after stinging people (because the stinger becomes embedded in the skin, which prevents multiple stings). Bees don't die each time they sting, though; the primary purpose of the stinger is to sting other bees, which doesn't result in the loss of the stinger. Honey bees are not aggressive unless provoked.

Wasps are members of the family Vespidae, which includes yellow jackets and hornets. Wasps generally have two pairs of wings and are definitely not fuzzy. Only the females have stingers, but they can sting people repeatedly. They can be extremely aggressive

Mystery and Music April 12

Music and Mystery Hypnotist Night Thursday April 12 – 6:00 PM at the Rochester Golf and Country Club

Not sure who to sit with?  Hesitant to sign up?  

By popular demand....  we will have specific tables set-aside for Lincoln K8 Parents to be paired with other parents by your child’s grade level...

Great opportunity to meet other parents with MUCH IN COMMON!  

Go to the Eventbrite site and purchase your tickets... in the comments make a note of your child(s) grade... or email 8th grade parent Donna Layton calldgl@aol.com

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/music-mystery-hair-of-the-dog-hypnotist-gabe-holmes-tickets-39348027008

Why attend this event?   Events like these raise money to support new or help continue or expand programs that Lincoln currently provides to students. Lincoln has three new projects this year..

Drones in the Classroom - In this project, students will learn about drones which are unmanned aircraft, vehicle or ship that can navigate and perform complex tasks autonomously.  Drones are primarily grouped based on their propulsion – UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, UGV(Unmanned Ground Vehicle) or AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle).  Student will learn about the forces involved in flight and movement as well as Newton’s Laws of Motion. Then they will design, build, and test an experimental model glider and drones to find out how air and other forces affect its movement. In addition, they will apply a design process to a variety of problems such as delivering aid to an area where supplies must be and dropped to the ground from an aircraft or delivered on the ground.  There are two areas that actively engage students in STEM and they are robotics and drones.  Our proposal is to link coding to drones and robots so that students can see the real world application and future careers that would be available in these two areas. 

Seeds of Science - Seeds of Science / Roots of Reading is a collaborative effort of the Lawrence Hall of Science (FOSS), the University of California at Berkley and Delta Education. Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading is a program that integrates inquiry science with content rich-rich literacy instruction.  Updating to a new science curriculum is very expensive for a district so we would like to take the lead and start to purchase a science/literacy approach to science in grades two to five.  This would be the beginning of a transformation that will take a few years to implement and will eliminate most of our old  FOSS(Full Option Science System) kits and replace it with Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading.   Our other two programs(Project Lead the Way and InSciEd Out(Zebrafish)  give students inquiry science, literacy skill and this new curriculum will meld with these two programs.

Honey Bee - A Flow Hive is about more than just harvesting honey in a gentle way—it’s about creating community, educating people about the importance of bees, and empowering beekeepers both old and new to make a positive change to help protect these important little creatures.  Bees are tiny environmental champions! They are responsible for the pollination of 30 percent of the world's crops and up to 90 percent of our wild plants.This is a wonderful opportunity for our school to help students understand the job of pollinators in our world.  There are many books on bees and classroom lesson that are available for teacher in grades K -8.  A lot of curriculum we have access to is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards which we use in Project Lead the Way and InSciEd Out (zebrafish) lessons.   

So….why not purchase a ticket, have an evening of fun, get to know Lincoln teachers and parents and help raise money for truly unique projects that will enrich your child’s educational experience.  You selected Lincoln for the new and unique experience we offer,  so here is your chance to continue that legacy.

Lincoln K8 Box Top

PLEASE save your Box Tops and Milk Moola caps

Easy to Turn In!

       1. Collect Box Tops, Bonus Box Tops, and Milk Moola caps and bag tops.

2. Place in Ziploc bag or envelope, with student’s name and teacher’s name written on the outside. (Yes, they can all be in the same bag and no, they do not need to be counted.)

3. Place in classroom canister or school collection bin in main entry.

Lincoln Memory Book (20 days left to order one)

The Lincoln Memory is under a new company this year.  The book will be larger than last year with more pages.  Students have begun the design process and we online ordering activated.  Students also received an order form.  Do not forget to order your memory book for your student. 

Online ordering at https://book.hrimaging.com/book/default.aspx

Select ELEMENTARY School

 

DON'T FORGET! The March Madness Reading Challenge is going on!

This week marks the end of the first week for our March Madness Reading Challenge for grades 3^rd-5^th.  Rules and information on the March Madness Reading Challenge are attached.  In addition, you will find the first week’s Reading Log attached if your child prefers to write out their minutes read on paper. Please remember to help submit your student’s hours before the deadline every Thursday by 10:00 PM on the following dates:

Week #1 – March 15

Week #2 – March 22

Week #3 – March 29

Week #4 – April 5

Week #5 – April 9 (Monday after Spring Break)

http://bit.ly/2m88tnC

Use this link to record online your student’s total minutes read for the week.  Please make sure you do this for each student in your family who is participating in the reading challenge! Should you have any issues or questions regarding this submission process, please email cocollins@rochester.k12.mn.us